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No Model.) v H. A. KENNEDY &'F. S. SALISBURY. COMBINED GAR SEAL AND TAG.

"No. 601,344. Paignfi'Mar-i 29, 1898.

MT 55555: I 'N f HENRYAI KENNEDYY I F A KS'SA Y" UNITED STATES ATENT WeHENRY A. KENNEDY AND FRANK S. SALISBURY, OF PROVIDENCE, RIIODE ISLAND.

COMBINED CAR SEAL AND TAG SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters PatentNo. 601,344, dated March 29,1898. Application filed April 2 7, 1897.Serial No. 634,069. (No model.)

. T0 at whom it may concern:

Be it known that we, HENRY A. KENNED and FRANK S. SALISBURY, citizens ofthe United States, residing at Providence, in the county of Providenceand State of Rhode Island, have invented certain new and usefulImprovements in a Combined Oar Seal and Tag; and we do hereby declarethe following to be a full, clear, and exact description of theinvention, suchas will enable others skilled in the art to which itappertains to make and use the same, reference being had to theaccompanying drawings, and to letters of reference marked thereon, whichform a part of this specification. 7

Our invention relates to a new and improved fastening and tag forsecurely sealing car-doors; and it consists in the novel constructionand arrangement of the parts and also in the manner of attaching themetal tag tothe sealing device, as hereinafter fully set forth andclaimed.

In the accompanying sheet of drawings, Figure 1 is a front elevation ofour improved fastening device as in use. Fig. 2 is a side View of thesame. Fig. 3 is a side view showing the fastening-pin dropped to itslimit, the door being open. Fig. eshows a tag adapted to be combinedwith our fastening device. Fig. 5 is a vertical central section takenthrough the upper portion of the fasteningpin, enlarged. Fig. 6 is asimilar view showing the tag in position preparatory to being sealedtherein. Fig. 7 shows the tag sealed to the pin; and Fig. Sis a frontelevation corresponding to Fig. 1, showing our improvement combined withthe usual fastening-pin.

Again referring to the drawings, an indicates a portion of the wall orside of a car to which one member of our improved fastening device issecured, and d designates a portionof the door of the car.

We prefer the form and arrangement shown in Figs. 1, 2, and 3, whereinZ) designates what may be termed the hasp or strap member, the samebeing rigidly secured to the car-door d and having its free end drilledto freely receive the fastening-pin p, the saidend extending beyond theedge of the door, as clearly shown in Fig. 1. To the side a of the carand contiguous to the door-frame is secured the bracket 6, the latterbeing drilled vertically to receive the said fastening-pin p,

the arrangement being such that the strap 19 when in its normal positionpractically rests upon the horizontal face of the bracket, the holesformed in said members I) c then registering with each other.

The fastening-pin p is adapted to slide upwardly through the bracketuntil arrested by its head 19. In order to prevent the pin from droppingout and getting lost, its shank may be slotted or grooved vertically, asat g, into which groove the end of a fixed smaller pin or screw fextends. The latter also serves to prevent the pin from axial movement.If

desired, the groove may extend partly around the base of the pin, as atg, Figs. 1 and 3,

thus forming the well-known bayonet-fastening device, the samepermitting the pin to be rotated a corresponding degree.

The portion of the fastening-pin which extends above the hasp b isprovided with a narrow transverse open-end slot 8 and a hole It,"passing through the pin at right angles to and communicating with saidslot. We prefer to locate the hole h at or'near the lower end of theslot, substantially as shown in the drawings.

'The tag member t (see Fig. 4:) may be punched or cut from suitablesheet metal,as tin, brass, 850. -Its size and form may be varied, ifdesired, its thickness being such that it can be readily inserted intothe slot 3 of the said pin p. In any event, however, we form a smallhole 6 therein near" one end. The said end portion may be notched, thusforming a recess 29, having a width equal to the diameter of thefastening-pin p.

The practical operation of applying our improved fastening device andsealing the tag thereto may be described as follows: The act of closingthe door d brings the hasp 17 into position over the end of thefastening-pin mounted in the bracket e. The pin is then hole t of theformer then being opposite the hole 77. of the pin, substantially asshown in Fig. 6. Now in order to effectually seal the tag to the pin weintroduce a hollow rivet or eyelet, as m, into the hole h by a suitableimplement or hand-punch, at the same time forcibly bringing the jaws ofthe punch together, thus upsetting the ends of the eyelet against thetwo sides of the tag, as clearly shown in Fig. 7. It will be seen thatthe distance through the tag and eyelet when thus combined in the hole hconsiderably exceeds that of the slot 8, thereby not only maintainingthe pin 19 in position, but also effectually sealin g it. (See Figs. 1and 2.) The notched portion t of the tag forms a convenient centeringdevice, so that when it is inserted into the bottom of the slot 8 of thepin the correspondin g side wings t of the tag serve to pre vent thelatter from being accidentally displaced sidewise, thereby ihsuring thatthe tagopening i registers properly with the hole h of the pin. When inuse, the bottom end of the tag may rest upon the hasp or strap 1),substantially as shown in Figs. 1 and 2. In order to open the door ofthe car when fastened and. sealed as herein described, the agent uponthe arrival of the car at the station to which it is billed seizes thetag between the jaws of a suitable implement and forcibly pulls it fromthe slot 8, thereby tearing out p or rupturing the hole 11 and thusfreeing the tag from the upset eyelet, the latter then lying loose inthe hole h of the pin. After the tag has been thus removed thefastening-pin is dropped to the position shown in Fig. 3, followed bysliding the door rearwardly, thus completing the operation.

' We would state that certain changes or variations in the form andarrangement of our combined fastening and sealing device may be madewithout departing from the spirit of our invention-asfor example, inFig. 8 we have shown the device applied to a car provided with the usualswinging hasp or strap 1) and passed overa staple e, through whichlatter the chain-connected pin 19 extends, thus fastening the partstogether. The lower end of thepin is slotted and has the tag 15 sealedther eto,substantially as before described with respect to Fig. 1. Inlieu of employing a short tube or eyelet m, having its ends upset toform lateral shoulders, the metal of the tag itself may, by means of asuitable implement,

We claim as our invention and desire to secure by United States LettersPatent 1. In a fastening device for car-doors and the like, thecombination of a fastening-pin having a slotted opening formed thereinand a hole communicating with said slot, a sealing-tag mounted in theslotted opening of said pin having a hole therein registering with thehole in the pin, and an eyelet or annular rivet mounted in the tag andsecured thereto after the latter has been inserted into said slottedpart of the pin, substantially as described and for the purpose setforth.

2. Ina fastening device of the class described, the combination with thefixed and movable members thereof, as e b, of the endwisc-movablefastening-pin 19 passing through said members; the free end of the pinhaving a longitudinal slot 8 therein and a hole It arranged atsubstantially right angles to-and communicating with the slot, asheet-metal tag mounted in the slot of said pin, and an eyelet orannular'rivet passing through the tag and upset to form heads exteriorof the tag, substantially as described and for the purpose set forth.

3. The combination with a fastening-pin, of a sheet-metal sealing-tag tadapted to be mounted in said pin provided with an elongated recess ialong its edge, a hole 25 formed in the side of the tag contiguous tosaid recess, and an eyelet or short tube arranged to be secured to thetagafter the latter has been introduced into said pin, substantially asdescribed.

In testimony whereof we have afixed our signatures in presence of twowitnesses.

HENRY A. KENNEDY. FRANK S. SALISBURY. Witnesses:

WM. E. CLARKE, GEO. H. REMINGTON.

